Google Research AI blog

MARCH 16, 2023

We study and develop scalable, rigorous, and evidence-based solutions using data analysis, human rights, and participatory frameworks. We also offer research support to some of our organization’s most challenging efforts, including the 1,000 Languages Initiative and ongoing work in the testing and evaluation of language and generative models.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Non-Participation 6.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. I thought I’d share a few quick insights and tips that I learned for others who may be preparing for doing tech training internationally and want to use participatory techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Be aware of what they say, how they say it and body language. Use reflective listening skills and clear communication to adjust. Emerging nonprofit leaders who engage in reflective listening are more likely to succeed. Reflection questions : “Why did this work?”. Observe and Understand Body Language.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. While that was painful for the organizations involved, it also helped force the issue of whether participatory engagement could be core to a strong future business model for each organization or not. didn't mince words.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Through this framing, the young people who participate in their grantmaking have started adopting language that has traditionally been reserved for a different community. “We

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2013

Because 30% of the students in our school district are English language learners (and the majority of those, Latino), we are seeking someone who is bilingual and able to communicate comfortably with kids and adults in Spanish. We see this job as a starting point for someone who is cheerfully obsessed with the future of museum education.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. If budget allows, run ads both in Asian language publications and general market newspapers/websites. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Ensure your call to action and messaging speaks to a wide audience. Avoid too much cultural jargon.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If you care about how participatory art experiences can shape civic processes, read Bedoya's post. He made a comment on Michael Kaiser's fairly formulaic "great artists lead the nation" post, laying bare the banality of most of the language used to describe and present art experiences to the public.

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Google Research AI blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

We’ve created participatory activities to navigate typical obstacles in setting up a dataset transparency effort, frameworks that can scale data transparency to new data types, and guidance that researchers, product teams and companies can use to produce Data Cards that reflect their organizational principles.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. They reflect the soul of the community and can be responsive to its unique interests and needs. They may feature community gardens or exhibit labels in languages tailored to locals. But when I really think about it, all my favorites (so far) have one thing in common.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Local language content and locally relevant context has facilitated the transition into local ownership. This is best done in a participatory fashion, making sure that data is available offline. This is also a reflection of the organization's diverse staff members, who can bridge lots of disciplines and groups.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

They were ahead of the museum curve, using language like "participatory learning environment" (Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1977) that is still thick in the mouths of contemporary museum directors in other fields. All of these have gone through a series of movements in the last 30 years reflecting cultural shifts and expectations.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. The things that I tell you will not stick unless you are able to reflect upon your own experience and go, “Ah, yes, I think this is what Julie is talking about. ” That reflection is really important. . How do we do this well?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The artist, Sue Lawty, maintains a blog with her reflections on the project and occasionally celebrates particular contributions, but this blog is fairly contained within the project website and is not a major source of web links. design participatory museum usercontent. What makes the World Beach Project so successful?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

What new projects might allow you to better reflect those aspirations? When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

This makes for a nice combination of printed and handwritten pledges, pledges local to DC and written in foreign languages as well. Some responses were more reflective, like "I will never forget." The handwritten pledge is an intelligent starting point for creating merged digital/analog participatory experiences.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Ghosts of a Chance is a great example of the museum leveraging a niche community (ARG-ers) to energize and provide seed content for participants who are new to participatory gaming. that the attendance on that day would be a real reflection of how the game went. are frigging cool indeed. Is the initiative the exhibition or the game?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

By understanding what individuals are highlighting about the Exploratorium experience, the museum can craft its own messaging--and programming--to reflect and enhance the elements seen as most valuable. Here are three examples of changes you could make: Change the language and presentation of comment cards.

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Google Research AI blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Posted by Marian Croak, VP, Google Research, Responsible AI and Human-Centered Technology The last year showed tremendous breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in large language models (LLMs) and text-to-image models. Another key part of our ML work involves developing techniques to build models that are more inclusive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It’s been translated into dozens of languages, inspired curriculum for high school, inspired a ballet in Boston, a puppet show in Palestine, floats in parades and the list goes on. 2) Networks are participatory. 4) Networks are a reflection of where the world is going. People have spray painted the URL on bus stops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

It also has been fun to reflect back on training sessions I’ve designed and facilitated over the past 2 decades as working as trainer in the nonprofit technology area. Over the last few years, I’ve used my blog as a transparent reflection tool. Reflection from #NTC2014 on Instructional Design. Design Labs.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

It has some of the same feel as the disconnected affection of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook, with professional reflection baked in. Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

So the meeting has become more participatory. As I reflected on that conversation afterwards, I realized I was talking about very specific journalistic problems, and Chris was talking to me about very specific technical solutions. And we might not have been speaking the same language. Then I look on the flip side.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Our participants reflecting local age/income/ethnic diversity? Other times, a visitor might use the exact language of our strategic documents. I've asked myself this a thousand times in the past month. Is it partnerships and participation? Treating the museum as a community platform? Igniting events and activities? Social bridging?

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